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Hornish To Drive For Front Row Motorsports At Pocono

Michael J Smith — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:42:05 +0000

Sam Hornish Jr will return to Sprint Cup Series action At Pocono Raceway this weekend, filling in for Travis Kvapil in Front Row Motorsports’ No. 38 Long John Silver Ford. Kvapil will be at Texas Motor Speedway, competing in the WinStar World Casino 400K Camping World Truck Series race for Randy Moss Motorsports.

Hornish has been running select races in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing. Thus far in 2011, he has one top 10 in five starts.

Hornish said:

I’m really excited to get back in a Cup car. And it’s not just an opportunity to run a Cup race, but I get to race at Pocono. That’s a track that a lot of drivers don’t like and it puts them in a bad mood trying to figure it out. And that actually can pay dividends for me because I like racing there and I go there with confidence. I’ve run well there the past two years with four top-15 finishes. … I’ve been spending some time with Jay Guy, going over the set-up of the car, so we have a good game plan going in. I knew Jay from when he was at Penske, but I didn’t work directly with him. But I’m looking forward to working with him this week.

Nead To RMM

Michael J Smith — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:47:58 +0000

Gene Nead is joining Randy Moss Motorsports as crew chief for the No. 5 team and driver Mike Skinner. He comes to RMM from JTG Daughtery’s No. 47 Nationwide team. Nead was announced as Michael Waltrip’s interim Sprint Cup Series crew chief in August. He was expected to be the crew chief for Waltrip this season, as he moves to a part time schedule.

Johnson Finishes 34th In Truck Series Debut

Michael J Smith — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:01:34 +0000

Kyle Busch executed a perfect restart during a green-white-checker finish, then easily beat Todd Bodine to win the O’Reilly 200 from Bristol Motor Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson made his Craftsman Truck Series debut driving the No. 81 Randy Moss Motorsports entry. He inhereted the lead early, the product of staying out when the leaders pitted. He managed to lead for 29 laps before Busch and his fresher tires prevailed.

On lap 102, Johnson spun, and Jeff Green had nowhere to go and crashed into Johnson, who ended up finishing 34th.

Top 5: Busch, Bodine, Scott Speed, Johnny Benson, and Rick Crawford.

TJ Bell, Mike Skinner, Dennis Setzer, David Stremme, and Ted Musgrave rounded out the top 10.

Notables: Jack Sprague (12th), Erik Darnell (15th), Matt Crafton (21st), Terry Cook (23rd), Ron Hornaday (24th), Patrick Carpentier (25th), Stacy Compton (31st), Ken Schrader (33rd), and Jimmie Johnson (34th).

Johnson To Drive Truck For Randy Moss At Bristol

Michael J Smith — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:04:45 +0000

The Boston Herald‘s Motorsports Blog is reporting that Jimmie Johnson will make his Craftsman Truck Series debut driving the No. 81 Randy Moss Motorsports Chevy Silverado Aug. 20 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Johnson said:

I have never run a truck race so it should be fun. Heck, my brother Jarit has run more than me, but it’s going to be a good time. I’m excited to run Randy’s truck. Hopefully we can get them a good finish.

Johnson will also run in the Nationwide Series race on Aug. 9 at Watkins Glen International in the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevy.